"I hated school, but I was a good student. I made straight A's."
"I'm a girl, so I didn't really know about 'G.I. Joe' as a kid. I didn't watch the show."
"Singing is something I can do, but it's not my first passion."
"When I'm at home doing nothing, obviously I don't really dress up."
"I've had a normal life, but I have struggled to get here. It hasn't been handed to me and it hasn't been easy."
"If you become more of a witness to the way you're engaging in life, you can catch yourself really screwing up some days!"
"There was so much emotional response to 'Dogfight.' You just heard the audience: They were so horrified. They were sobbing. They were joyful at times."
"I don't stay in accent or anything, but internally, I get quite dark and destroy myself a little bit. But that's what I do, and I enjoy it. It's how I do my work."
"I was thrilled, because I like the big screen and I could then move on to the next thing. It was the biggest break for me. In a way, though, I wish it had been a TV series because then you are working for five years."
"The people who are most attractive to me are those who feel most comfortable in their skin - there's a sense of self-acceptance."
"No, no, no. Your accent is so beautiful."
"I think that if you like someone, it is important to just make it known."
"My experience with 'Last Resort' is very different from most of the cast. While they are next to a mountain, I'm always within the four walls of my home."
"Whatever it is you do, study it, learn the ins and outs of it, and really work on building your craft."
"I wanted to absorb the comedy world by osmosis. But I really loved kind of throwing myself in head first."
"I love music; I love dancing. I took, like, eight years of ballet when I was a kid, and I still love dancing. There's been a couple of films where I was able to do some dance numbers, like 'Romy and Michelle' and 'Summer of Sam,' and I'm so happy when I get to do that."
"One of my modeling bookers told me that the most important thing is to try to be vigilant about taking care of yourself. Get sleep, don't be afraid to trim your hair even if you're trying to grow it out, don't bite your fingernails, and stay in shape. A lot of it is in the little things."
"Controversy is always a beautiful thing. I love controversy and I try to fan it as much as I can without having my husband's head pop off!"
"It seems extraordinary to have waited so long into one's life to have found the part that actually uses your basic rhythm. And I think that's always sort of what actors connect up with - their own sort of world."
"I have never behaved like a star kid, and since a lot of people in the Tamil and Malayalam film industries know my parents, they treat me like their own child."
"I feel like I'm a secondary artist, a kind of a conduit for the writer, and if it's a good writer, then I have a great road map."
"I personally think you can have a really rich and full life with no abs. Abs are for wimps."
"As cynical as I can be, there's always a part of me that believes in love and the fairy tale."
"Keep an eye on what your kids are seeing online. Parents need to stay involved in what their children are being exposed to. It's so important."
"I always think - when I get mad, and people say, 'Don't be the angry black woman' - it's like, well, why not? There's so much to be angry about."
